A pack train carrying supplies into the mountains for the filming of Nell Shipman's film, "The Girl From God's Country" in the Kings River canyon, California. Co-director Bert Van Tuyle wrote this caption: "Miss Shipman and her company enroute to...

Cast and crew of "The Grub-Stake" filming aboard ship. To the right are actors Alfred Allen (portraying Mark Leroy) and Nell Shipman (Faith Diggs). The figure standing above the rest appears to be the film's director Bert Van Tuyle.

Cast and crew of Nell Shipman's film "Something New." From left to right: Cliff Maupin, cinematographer Joseph B. Walker, Bert Van Tuyle (putting on make-up at the mirror), and Nell Shipman (revising the script) with her dog Laddie.

Crew of "The Grub-Stake" pose with Nell Shipman on the studio set at Minnehaha Park in Spokane, Washington. Standing left to right are electrician Dick Playter, script girl Marge Greenfield, second cameraman Bobby Newhard, first cameraman Joseph...

Members of Nell Shipman's company at her movie camp, Lionhead Lodge, on the shores of Priest Lake, Idaho. From left to right, standing: Daddy Duffill, Dorothy Winslow, Bert Van Tuyle, Nell Shipman, Bobby Newhard, and Ralph Cochner. In the...

Nell Shipman and her co-director, Bert Van Tuyle, on the set of "The Girl From God's Country." Although the 1920 U.S. census lists Van Tuyle and Shipman ("Helen F. Van Tuyle") as husband and wife, they were never married. They were then living...

Nell Shipman hugs the cliff (at left) during the filming of a scene in "The Grub-Stake." Cinematographer Joseph B. Walker described the scene in his memoir, "The Light on Her Face" (1984): "Nell Shipman emotes, assistant cameraman Clif Maupin...

Nell Shipman, her company, and friends celebrate her birthday, October 25, 1920, at the Pine Knot Lodge, Big Bear, California. Nell Shipman is seated at the head of the table with her son Barry standing beside her. She was at Big Bear filming...